Re: File corruption when using kernels 2.6.18+

[Pekka Enberg]

Hi Linus,

On 10/3/07, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would bet that the reason the intel-optimized memcpy triggers this is
> that the non-temporal stores just means that you go out directly on the
> bus, and it probably just shows a weakness in the chipset or bus that
> doesn't show with the normal cacheline accesses.

But that should show up with memtest too, no?

                             Pekka
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